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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•dle /ˈkɜrdəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. - to change into curd;
turn sour: [no object]After a week the cream will begin to curdle.[~ + object]The acid in that coffee will curdle the milk you put in.
Idioms- Idioms curdle one's blood or make one's blood curdle, to fill one with horror or fear:Those terrifying screams made my blood curdle.
cur•dler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•dle (kûr′dl),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -dled, -dling. - to change into curd;
coagulate;
congeal. - to spoil;
turn sour. - to go wrong;
turn bad or fail:Their friendship began to curdle as soon as they became business rivals. - Idioms curdle the or one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear;
terrify:a scream that curdled the blood.
cur′dler, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: curdle /ˈkɜːdəl/ vb - to turn or cause to turn into curd
- curdle someone's blood ⇒ to fill someone with fear
Etymology: 16th Century (crudled, past participle): from curd |